Monday, February 13

Here comes the USS Port Royal entering Pearl Harbor.

Matt is at the far left, about 10 from the end near the gun.

Do you think this Dad is happy to be holding his little girl? I think so!

Hi Daddy, where have you been? So glad you are home. Now someone should be holding me every minute that I am awake.

Since this is such a late post, most of you will not read this until Tuesday so I will wish you all a Happy Valentine's Day! Today was a great day for our family. Our son in law, Matt got back to Hawaii today from his deployment. The USS Port Royal cruised into Pearl Harbor this morning around 9 am Hawaiian time. Matt was one of the first to leave the ship with all of the other first time fathers. He did have to return to duty but will be home tomorrow and Sara will present him with her "honey do" list. We had a nice meal at Ben & Joy's in Mt. Sterling for the Madison County Retired Teachers Luncheon today. It is always a good time visiting with friends that we haven't seen for a while. Have a nice day!